McCombs School of Business

Electives

Texas offers a wide array of electives for MBA students. This variety provides a flexible curriculum that allows students to tailor their education. Below is a representative list of electives which have been offered in the past. This list is subject to change.

Accounting

  • Accounting Standards & Analysis
  • Advanced Accounting
  • Family Tax/Estate Planning
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Intermediate Accounting
  • Introduction to Assurance Services
  • Issues in Nonprofit Accounting & Control
  • Management Auditing & Control
  • Strategic Control Systems

Finance

  • Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance
  • Asset Pricing
  • Financial Markets & Institutions
  • Financial Risk Management
  • Financial Strategies
  • Financial Management of the Small Firm
  • Global Finance
  • Harvest, Finance & Negotiations
  • Investment Theory & Practice
  • Portfolio Management & Security Analysis
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Real Estate Investment Decisions
  • Seminar in Real Estate Analysis
  • Seminar in Real Estate Finance

Management

  • Advanced Venture Development Practicum
  • Art & Science of Negotiation
  • Business in Emerging Markets
  • Creating & Managing Human Capital
  • Economy of Competitive Strategy
  • Enterprise of Technology
  • Entrepreneurial Management
  • Entrepreneurial Growth
  • Gathering Resources & Launch
  • Global Business Management
  • Managing & Marketing in the Global Arena
  • Managing People & Organizations
  • Managing Projects
  • New Venture Creation
  • Operations Practicum
  • Operations & Marketing Strategy
  • Opportunity Creation for Entrepreneurs
  • Opportunity Identification & Analysis
  • Perspectives on Public Policy
  • Strategic Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Supply Chain & Operation Strategy
  • Service Management
  • Strategic Quality Management

Marketing

  • Business Spanish
  • Brand Management
  • Community Development Practicum
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Corporate Governance
  • Customer Insights
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Customer Strategy: A Partnership between Ford, Dell, Motorola, Frito-Lay and UT
  • Data Mining in a Marketing Environment
  • Global Business Management
  • Marketing Research
  • Marketing Communications
  • Marketing High-Tech Products
  • Marketing & Customer Insight Practicum
  • New Product Design & Development
  • Service Management
  • Strategic Marketing

MSIS

  • Data Mining
  • Decision Support Modeling
  • Digital Economy & Commerce
  • E-Business Change
  • Information & Knowledge Management
  • Managing Complexity
  • Managing Digital Commerce
  • Managing Information
  • Managing Systems
  • Strategic Analysis for High-Tech Companies
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Tech. & Bus. Infrastructures for Competing in a Networked Economy
  • Valuation of Real Options

MSIS: Legal Environment of Business

  • Corporate Law
  • Cyberlaw
  • Energy Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law of Commercial Real Estate Finance & Development
  • Law for Entrepreneurs
  • Securities Regulations
  • Social & Ethical Responsibility of Business